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Well this is this weeks auction find...A nearly mint condition Springfield NRA Sporter in 30/06 that was sold in August of 1925. This rifle will letter to the SRS.

After the Doughboys returned from WW1 they wanted bolt action rifles to hunt with as they had become fond of them during the war. As no American manufacturer was producing them at the time Springfield Aresnal began using their Springfield 1903 Action to creat Sporters for the public. Springfield was followed by other custom Gun Makers such as Sedgley, Griffin & Howe, AO Neidner, Hoffman Arms and RG Owen in making BA Sporters for the public.

These rifles were produced from the early 1920s to the early 1930s when comapnies such as Winchester and Remington started producing BA rifles that were affordable. A total of @ 5000 of these rifles were produced during that time. They were especially noted for their accuracy, even surpassing the NM 03s in that department.

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Tabs,

Hows the bore and action? Overall looks nice and glad that its found a home that will take care of it.

NICE find!!! good work!

Pretty cool there, tabs. One of these days I'll get another Springfield sporter. Had a Sedgley years ago; kind of second fiddle to Griffen & Howe, but none the less a nice rifle. These things are soaring in value these days.

Havn't got it in my hands yet...bore is good from hands on description at auction house. The gun looks to be nearly mint...has the right colour blue, right markings etc. Star Gauged Barrel. Serial # show up on SRS lists etc...In the 20s and 30s one could buy the parts from Springfield to convert your 03 into a Sporter, thats why the matching numbers mean $$$$$.

I have Springfield, G&H, AO Neidner and Sedgley Sporters in various calibers most notably 22 Hornet

Now this Sporter fills the last gap in the collection.. This is a rifle I never really was after, but when opportunity knocked I had to go for it. I knew from the get go it wouldn't be cheap.

Lately I have a thing for M1 NM Garands or High serial #ed ones.

This turned out to be real nice and is a keeper